Ice, mud, and mag chloride on my Ratchet straps and ratchet chain binders

####ing A right

 

Use both PB Blaster on ratchet spools and binders.
It’s more for cleaning than anything else.
After a good spray with PB Blaster, a wipe down
Then use DuPont chain saver lubricant. Works well stays on and lasts a good while.

 

Storing them inside a closed headache rack is probably the best preventative. Trucks with quarter fenders pulling a deck will spray water and salt all day long onto an open headache rack, and keeping most of that off them will help greatly.

WD-40 is a good all around water repellent, but from my experience Zep 45 is it's bigger, stronger brother. I've had completely seized sliding winches come free with some of that stuff after only a minute.

 

I was just thinking about him yesterday when I came across a few of his posts in an old thread. Shame he left us. Seemed like a decent fella.

 

He was

 

I deal with all winter and have found a hammer on the winches works the best, best to wear safety glasses though.
I know a guy that had hit one and a piece of ice hurt his eye pretty bad.

 

automatic trans fluid works great , use a spray bottle